Bug with StartIsBack+ and Windows 8.1

I've just discovered a bug with StartIsBack+ and Windows 8.1. I never saw this with StartIsBack and Windows 8.0, and so I am guessing that perhaps there is some incompatibility between the two, perhaps in the way that StartIsBack+ is handing Desktop Mode. Or maybe Microsoft has changed some rules in Windows 8.1 pertaining to Windows Explorer in Desktop Mode.

Basically, it's like this:

When you are in Windows Explorer, and you click on a folder on the left side of the display, all of a sudden you go into the Tablet interface. Then, a moment later, you are back in Desktop Mode. However, Windows Explorer is now closed, and you must reopen it.

I haven't had any problems with clicking on any folders on the right side of the display.

My guess is that Microsoft is moving further and further away from Desktop mode as they move forward with updating Windows; and there is therefore now some function which used to work (i.e. the folders on the left side) which now has less functionality.

It's "called" File Explorer", but it answers to "C:\Windows\explorer.exe".

And no, I don't have that behavior, either (64-bit).

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It works equally well, whether installed on Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1.
It's just a great program and SO VERY customizable. You can make your desktop look like whatever you want. (well, almost everything)
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I looked for 1.5, but I couldn't find it. The newest version I found was 1.0.5, which is what I have.

v1.5 is a Beta release. I just upgraded my laptop (8.1) to StartIsBack+ 1.05. I checked before and after the upgrade for the error you're getting, but I don't have it. Right-click on a folder in the left pane of Explorer gives me a context menu, and nothing untoward happens.

Create a fresh drive image before making system changes, in case you need to start over!

"The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Savvy?"—Captain Jack Sparrow "When you're troubleshooting, start with the simple and proceed to the complex."—M.O. Johns "Experience is what you get when you're looking for something else."—Sir Thomas Robert Deware. Unleash Windows

My daughter has an almost identical setup. We both have 2 GB of RAM, and we both have 32-bit Windows 8.0, then upgraded via the Store tile to 8.1. We both have StartIsBack+, and we both have Trend Micro Maximum Security.

She also has the same issue with right-clicking on a folder in the left side of File Explorer.

What I believe is that Microsoft has changed some rules from Windows 8.0 to Windows 8.1, and the traditional File Explorer now doesn't work exactly the same in 8.1 as it did in 8.0. As far as StartIsBack, perhaps they didn't cover every single base when they updated their software to work with Windows 8.1.

Ok. I disabled Start Is Back and restarted the computer. I went into Desktop Mode and opened File Explorer. I expanded the C: drive (in the left panel) to reveal some folders. I right-clicked on one of the folders, and File Explorer shut down, and I was momentarily in the Tablet interface.

This bug has nothing to do with StartIsBack+. It is apparently a Windows 8.1 "feature", and based on the fact that no one else here can reproduce it, it apparently only affects 32-bit Windows 8.1.